Karilee Fuglem | works for sale
Installations | Water Drawings | Fluff | Luminous
Connective Tissue
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| Karilee Fuglem, A continous thread 2005 fine nylon thread, 315 x 150 x 150 cm |
Karilee Fuglem, A continous thread 2005 fine nylon thread, 315 x 150 x 150 cm |
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| Karilee Fuglem, A continous thread, 2005, fine nylon thread, 315 x 150 x 150 cm |
Karilee Fuglem, A continous thread (detail), 2005 |
Karilee Fuglem, A continous thread (detail), 2005 |
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| Karilee Fuglem, There's a place on my back that isn't there, 2005,
elastic thread, steel cables, plywood and steel base and ceiling supports, 315 x 150 x 96 cm |
Karilee Fuglem, There's a place on my back that isn't there (detail), 2005 |
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| Karilee Fuglem, There's a place on my back that isn't there (detail), 2005 |
Karilee Fuglem, There's a place on my back that isn't there (detail), 2005 |
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| Karilee Fuglem, "Untitled" (detail) (globular cluster), 2005, steel needle on vinyl | Karilee Fuglem, "Untitled" (detail) (open cluster), 2005, steel needle on vinyl | Karilee Fuglem, "Untitled" (swirl cluster), 2005, steel needle on vinyl |
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| Karilee Fuglem, "Connective tissue drawing", 2005, ink, water on vellum | Karilee Fuglem, "Connective tissue drawing", 2005, ink, water on vellum | Karilee Fuglem, "Connective tissue drawing", 2005, ink, water on vellum |
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| Karilee Fuglem, "Connective tissue drawing", 2005, ink, water on vellum | Karilee Fuglem, "Connective tissue drawing", 2005, ink, water on vellum | Karilee Fuglem, "Connective tissue drawing", 2005, ink, water on vellum |
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| Karilee Fuglem, "Connective tissue drawing", 2005, ink, water on vellum | Karilee Fuglem, "Connective tissue drawing", 2005, ink, water on vellum | Karilee Fuglem, "Connective tissue drawing", 2005, ink, water on vellum |
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| Karilee Fuglem, "Connective tissue drawing", 2005, ink, water on vellum | Karilee Fuglem, "Connective tissue drawing", 2005, ink, water on vellum | Karilee Fuglem, "Connective tissue drawing", 2005, ink, water on vellum |
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| Karilee Fuglem, Whatever they said had also this quality, 2004, Entre ciel et terre, La Biennale nationale de sculpture contemporaine, Trois-Rivières, Québec | Karilee Fuglem, Whatever they said had also this quality, 2004, Entre ciel et terre, La Biennale nationale de sculpture contemporaine, Trois-Rivières, Québec | Karilee Fuglem, Whatever they said had also this quality, 2004, Entre ciel et terre, La Biennale nationale de sculpture contemporaine, Trois-Rivières, Québec |
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| Karilee Fuglem, Whatever they said had also this quality, 2004, Entre ciel et terre, La Biennale nationale de sculpture contemporaine, Trois-Rivières, Québec |
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| Karilee Fuglem, Cumulous, 2003. Installed at La Manif in Quebec City, Installation: plastic bags (17.5 X 23 cm and 23 X 30.5 cm); steel wire; nylon fishing line | Karilee Fuglem, Cumulous |
Fishing line is webbed across the width of the gallery at 7 feet above the floor. Small plastic bags, each filled with a breath of air, are suspended from the fishing line by fine, coiled wires to hang between 4-and-a-half to 6 feet above the floor, massed at head height. Holes made through opposite walls are connected by tubes to the outside, letting cool air leak in: sometimes wind whistles through; sometimes snow sifts in. The viewer may walk amidst the bags — they bob about and cling to hair and clothing, making a whispering sound around the ears.
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| Karilee Fuglem, over + fluff (detail: over), 1997, 3000 plastic bags, each 8-12 inches; steel wire; 4 photographs in enamelled frames, each 53 X 61 cm, Photo: Paul Litherland. | Karilee Fuglem, over + fluff (detail: over), 1997, 3000 plastic bags, each 8-12 inches; steel wire; 4 photographs in enamelled frames, each 53 X 61 cm, Photo: Paul Litherland. |
The installation is composed of two works which complement each other: over is made up of plastic shopping bags massed across the ceiling of the entire gallery space so that they hang approximately 7 feet above the floor. They are filled with air, tied, and suspended individually from slightly coiled steel wires so that they bob slightly when the gallery visitor passes underneath. They are lit only by the lights which illuminate fluff, a group of four photographs.
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| Karilee Fuglem, Languor, 2001, intstallation view from Salon du printemps de Montréal, 3 red objects: rubber latex with acrylic, 183 -244 cm x 33-40.5 cm | Karilee Fuglem, Languor, 2001, intstallation view from Salon du printemps de Montréal, 3 red objects: rubber latex with acrylic, 183 -244 cm x 33-40.5 cm |
Karilee Fuglem, Languor, 2001, 183 -244 cm x 33-40.5 cm |
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| Karilee Fuglem, Languor (detail), 2001 |
Three larger-than-human size latex forms lie on a wooden platform. (Platform: birch plywood, fitted with lights, fans and timers, 8 ft. X 8 ft. X 10 in.) Each is connected to a separate fan, on its own timer, causing each form to inflate and deflate at 3-10 second intervals, gently rising and falling as though breathing. The rhythmic sound of the fans emphasizes the overall sensation of sleep. Each is lit from below. Low ambient lighting combined with the inflating movement can cause the illusion that they are nestled into the platform, or that the platform itself is moving.
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| Karilee Fuglem, More Fluff I (Particular), 2003, 65 x 82 cm, archival digital print, edition of 5 |
Karilee Fuglem, More Fluff II (Particular), 2003, 65 x 82 cm, archival digital print, edition of 5 | Karilee Fuglem, More Fluff III (Particular), 2003, 65 x 82 cm, archival digital print, edition of 5 |
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| Karilee Fuglem, Luminous, 2000, 5 colour photographs, plywood frames, 46 cm x 38 cm x 4cm, edition of 3 | Karilee Fuglem, Luminous #4, 2000, colour photograph, plywood frame, 46 cm x 38 cm x 4cm |
Photographs of hands and ears backlit by sunlight are framed in a way that foregrounds their translucence over anatomical origin.
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| Karilee Fuglem, Untitled, 1999, Color Photography, 27,9 cm x 38,1 cm (11 x 15 inches) edition of 25 |
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Karilee Fuglem, Water Drawing #26, 2002, water on vellum, 50 x 53 cm |
Karilee Fuglem, Water Drawing #26 (detail), 2002 |
Karilee Fuglem, Water Drawing #24, 2002, on vellum, 35 cm x 47 cm (framed) |
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| Karilee Fuglem, Secret Visibility, 2002, acetate discs (.5 - 6 cm diameter), nylon threads (1 - 10 cm long); fans on timers | Karilee Fuglem, Secret Visibility, 2002, acetate discs (.5 - 6 cm diameter), nylon threads (1 - 10 cm long); fans on timers | Karilee Fuglem, Secret Visibility (detail), 2002, Photo: Richard- Max Tremblay |
Discs hand-cut from acetate are attached to threads of heavy fishing line and inserted into the gallery's walls in an undulating mass. Household fans placed overhead turn on and off at different intervals, causing the discs to flicker and reflect whatever light passes into the unlit room from two passageways. The discs never move all at the same time and in some parts of the room are not visible when still. Walking enhances viewing possibilities.
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| Karilee Fuglem, Untitled (snow/blind) 2002, ink-jet print on polyester, steel rod; fishing line; light on stand,132 X 183 cm, edition of 2 | Karilee Fuglem, Untitled (snow/blind) 2002, ink-jet print on polyester, steel rod; fishing line; light on stand, 132 X 183 cm, edition of 2 | Karilee Fuglem, Untitled (snow/blind detail) 2002 |
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| Karilee Fuglem, Untitled (snow/blind detail) 2002 | Karilee Fuglem, Untitled (snow/blind detail) 2002 |
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A digital, heavily pixellated photograph of late-winter snow is printed on heavy fabric suspended in front of a corner of the room. When walking past the photo, the source of which is not obvious, one glimpses a shifting of light behind the screen, as if something is there. Closer inspection reveals holes cut into the fabric — "manually removed" pixels — which act as many pinhole-camera lenses, condensing the light into a constellation of projections on the wall behind the suspended fabric. The holes are only visible when standing right in front, blocking the strong light, a perspective from which the image is illegible.
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| Karilee Fuglem, Topographic Introspective 2002, 20 lambda prints on masonite (13 x 18 cm - 104 x 137 cm) on painted wall with vinyl lettering | Karilee Fuglem, Topographic Introspective (detail) 2002 |
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20 photographs are presented on a dark wall to mimic a natural history museum exhibition, complete with place names. The photographs are close-ups of my sagging postpartum belly; the place names, chosen by their similarity to my first name, are of sites around the world, and on Mars, the Moon, Saturn and Venus.
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| Karilee Fuglem, Untitled ( Breathing wall / le mur qui respire) 1997, cast rubber latex, acrylic; fans, timer: 300 X 450 X 15 cm | Karilee Fuglem, Untitled ( Breathing wall / le mur qui respire) 1997, cast rubber latex, acrylic; fans, timer: 300 X 450 X 15 cm | Karilee Fuglem, Untitled ( Breathing wall / le mur qui respire) 1997, cast rubber latex, acrylic; fans, timer: 300 X 450 X 15 cm |
A membrane of whitened cast rubber latex is stretched over a frame and fitted with fans and timer so that it swells almost imperceptibly in and out, in a mechanical semblance of breathing (at 8 second intervals). It mimics the surface of a wall with gyproc removed, its surface more like skin than paint. It is backlit in a softly lit room, giving it a film-like presence, while accentuating its brush-marks. The sound of the fans inflating and deflating is at first calming, but its robotic persistence eventually becomes menacing.
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| Karilee Fuglem, Fresh 2000, Installation: nylon fabric, steel wires, fans, connect to outside air source (length, from 260cm to 750cm each) | Karilee Fuglem, Fresh 2000, Installation: nylon fabric, steel wires, fans, connect to outside air source (length, from 260cm to 750cm each) |
Nine fabric tubes are connected to a fan and air duct system so that they gently emit air from outside the building which houses the gallery. (Normally air in this gallery is "recycled").